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Nehemiah 11:20

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The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

Context

17and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
19Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
20The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
21But the temple servants lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
22The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of God’s house.
23For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

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